Senate moves to reduce vehicles’ importation

Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday said the country should take advantage of the National Automotive Design Bill when signed into law to design and build Nigerian made vehicles.

Mark stated after the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Investment on a Bill for an Act to repeal the Centre for Automotive Design and Development Act 1992, the National Automotive Council Act 1993.

The repeal of the two Acts paved the way for the establishment of the National Automotive Design and Development Council and for other matters connected therewith, 2012.

The Senate President, who commended Senators for passing the Bill said that the essence of the Bill is to de-emphasize heavy importation of goods especially vehicles.

He said, “With the passing of this Bill the business of emphasizing so much on importation should be reduced drastically.

“The essence of this Bill is that things should be designed and produced in Nigeria.”

He mandated Chairman, Senate Committee on Investment, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, to emphasize the need for “design and produced in Nigeria” during her committee’s oversight function.

Just from the blues? Wonders shall never end. Common reasoning should tell any discerning mind that the car factories should first start operations and reel out their products to the market before the stoppage of importation. But why are we fooling ourselves in this country? Ordinary rice, a staple food in Nigeria, we can produce to feed the populace, now we are talking of manufacturing cars that involves far more greater technology. Nigerians should not fall for this, government wants to place embargo on car importation in order to make it far beyond the reach of the common man. Who knows if that is its idea of reducing the cost of fuel subsidy. Why are we this unlucky with half-baked leadership everywhere? People who do not think, just talk, talk empty talk, and deafen us. You have not maintained the roads, have not built nor maintained the refineries, you are talking about stoppage of car importation because of your imaginary car factories. The person wey do Nigeria this kind thing e no go better for am, that person wey curse us with bad leadership na God go judge that person. Tufiaaa God forbid!

DON’T WORRY INNOSON MOTORS MANUFACTURING COMPANY IS ALREADY DOING IT IN IGBOLAND…all we want is a level playing grand for everyone in Nigeria… igbos will soon manufacture Helicopter… motor bikes and cars are already in market…made by INNOSON MOTORS even mass transit busses…or haven’t anyone seen it ??? pls go to East you will see by yourself.

Wisdom

Repealing an Act 2 create another? That’s NEW wine in an OLD wine skin, a failed project.